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Cynical_Cyanide t1_j8dmzfy wrote

Reply to comment by jesbiil in Motherboard Shipments Plummet by Ten Million Units in 2022 by Avieshek

Mate, it wasn't even that long ago! When the intel 8000 series and Nvidia 10 series was fresh, prices were sane. That was only 2017-18, man.

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Ok-disaster2022 t1_j8dqavk wrote

Yep. And there was promise that prices would start to come down with AMD getting competitive on CPUs again. What ended up happening was Intel and AMD started increasing power consumption on CPUs to get even more clocks, and higher power draw means higher quality components. Then with the supply issues (even motherboards have on board chips) due to Pandemic price gouging became the norm, and Everyone was okay with it

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PancAshAsh t1_j8du5oi wrote

What makes you think the supply chain issues plaguing us since the start of the pandemic have gone away?

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BigDigger324 t1_j8e49bk wrote

They definitely haven’t gone away BUT they have lessened to a significant degree yet prices haven’t bothered to come back down….crazy who could have seen this coming?!

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MakingItElsewhere t1_j8gmdng wrote

And when people ask "Why is random thing high priced!?!" all you get is "Have you been living under a rock for 3 years!?!"

Like, dude, shit shouldn't STAY doubled in price just because companies want to keep their stock price up.

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Adam_is_Nutz t1_j8dwttw wrote

I built in 2019 right before the pandemic. Whole setup including mouse, keyboard, and monitor for just under $1200. My gpu was like $550 and my motherboard was $65.

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Cynical_Cyanide t1_j8gxmzm wrote

With respect, that doesn't mean much without context. It's possible to build a PC for that amount right now - it'll just suck at gaming.

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Adam_is_Nutz t1_j8gxsb9 wrote

Thats fair. It was basically top of the line amd right before Nvidia dropped the 3000s

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sad_asian_noodle t1_j8hqv6t wrote

That's a cheap mobo.

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Adam_is_Nutz t1_j8hv0qc wrote

Its PCIe 4. I bought the cheapest one I could find with that spec cuz it was my first build. No cool lights or anything.

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FUTURE10S t1_j8e110v wrote

10 series? Try 9 or 7, the 970, outside of being 3.5GB+0.5GB, was exceptionally good performance for $329.

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Cynical_Cyanide t1_j8gxksr wrote

I mean you're not wrong, but I'm just talking about acceptable value, not even great value.

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lordytoo t1_j8fgiqk wrote

Blame eth.

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Darth-Flan t1_j8ge3s2 wrote

Seriously I blame all this on crypto mining, then the pandemic then supply chain. In that order. Now manufacturers are not decreasing prices as demand and supply chain issues have lessened.

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lordytoo t1_j8how2n wrote

Yea ppl are too caught up on gpu prices the pasy 2 years. I remember the last bull run in 2017 when 1000 series cards got jacked because eth hit 1400$. Good times lol

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